{"id":1729,"date":"2019-02-28T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T09:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2019-02-28T09:58:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T09:58:33","slug":"melika-hand-analysis-p17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/melika-hand-analysis-p17\/","title":{"rendered":"High Stakes Hand Analysis with Pro Player Melika Razavi P17"},"content":{"rendered":"

“High stakes regular, magician, pageant queen, and CoinPoker ambassador Melika Razavi loves hitting the cash game tables. To give our community some insight into her pot-winning strategies, Melika will walk you through two great hands step-by-step.<\/b><\/p>\n

Hand #1<\/h2>\n

Satori<\/strong> minimum raised to 50 from the button, and I expected that he would only do this with a very wide range. I called with \"\"\"\"\u00a0as my odds were too good to fold.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/p>\n

The flop was \"\"\"\"\"\", giving me an Ace with no flush or straight draws.<\/p>\n

Satori <\/strong>usually bets on his Aces or middle pairs, but could also check back given the board texture. I decided to check and gave the action over to him. Satori<\/strong> checked so now I figured he missed the flop.<\/p>\n

I still proceeded with caution on the turn, which is a\u00a0\"\".<\/p>\n

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I like this sizing as it builds up the pot if I hit my draws while also allowing me to bluff bigger on the river.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This card is interesting as it gave me an up and down straight draw. This allowed me to bluff, drawing for the nuts. So, I decided to bet 2\/3 of the pot. I like this sizing as it builds up the pot if I hit my draws while also allowing me to bluff bigger on the river, ultimately making it harder for Satori<\/strong> to call with weaker pairs.<\/p>\n

Satori<\/strong> called, now I put him on a flush draw or a hand like\u00a0\"\"\"\",\u00a0\"\"\"\",\u00a0or even\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0and was calling with a gutshot. I figured that it was safe to assume that he didn’t have an\u00a0\"\"\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0\"\"\u00a0as he almost always raises here, protecting himself from me hitting my flush or straight draws.<\/p>\n

The river is a \"\"\u00a0and I missed my draws.<\/p>\n

The only chance I had of winning the pot was to bluff. I decided to put in a pot size bet which makes it very hard for Satori<\/strong> to call with small pockets or even a pair of Jacks, as I could have played this line with an\u00a0\"\"\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0\"\". Also, given that the flush and straight draws that were missed, I think I would have been most likely to take down the pot here.<\/p>\n

Satori<\/strong> ultimately folded and I collected the pot.<\/p>\n

Hand #2<\/h2>\n

grim69<\/strong> makes a minimum raise to 50 from under the gun. I had\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0so decided to 3-bet, my hand was once again just too strong to call with. Since I was in position I didn\u2019t have to 3bet too big as our opponent had to act first, giving me more information on him. Going to the flop I had 3 callers: Orion2L<\/strong>, Lonnylegand<\/strong> and grim69<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/p>\n

The flop was\u00a0\"\"\"\"\"\", a very dry board that missed most of our opponents\u2019 range as I didn\u2019t see many 9s or 4s calling a 3-bet pot.<\/p>\n

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I decided to make a 1\/3 bet as I was the aggressor and I can represent big pockets.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Even though I was in a 4-handed game with such a flop, I decided to make a 1\/3 bet as I was the aggressor and I can represent big pockets. I bet 300 into a pot of 900, and this only has to work 25%<\/strong> of the time to be profitable.<\/p>\n

Here is how I worked this out:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I did was take the pot and add it to my bet. So, in this case, I added 900 and 300 to get 1200. Then I took my bet of 300 and divided it by 1200, which equals 0.25 which multiplied by 100 comes to 25%<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With this bet I got two of my opponents to fold, leaving only Orion2L<\/strong> and myself to battle it out. I thought O<\/strong>rion2L<\/strong> could be calling this with small pockets or 2 big overcards to the board.<\/p>\n

The turn was a \"\",\u00a0giving me top 2 pairs with top kicker.<\/p>\n

I decided to bet 2\/3 of the pot as this denied my opponent pot odds to call for his draws.\u00a0Orion2L<\/strong> called, and I expected he was doing this with flush draws, straight draws or even aweaker\u00a0\"\".<\/span><\/p>\n

The river was a\u00a0\"\", a great card for me as it didn\u2019t complete any straights or flushes.<\/p>\n

The pot was 3,535,<\/strong> so I decided to go all-in for only 1000. It was 1\/3 of the pot and I often get called by my opponent with weaker pairs or weaker Jacks. In this case, Orion2L<\/strong> called with\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0and I took down the pot.<\/p>\n

Check out more hand analyses by poker pro Melika Razavi:<\/strong><\/h3>\n